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Magnet Electric Cleaner Advert, 1927 Date: 1927
How Betty can make a Christmas hankie for mother, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
Designs in a brochure, Dy-o-la DyesDesigns in a brochure showing how to decorate household items with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
Dainty frock of opal hues, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
Simple designs for batik, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
How to make braided rugs, with material dyed in different colours, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
Jolly play clothes from daddys shirts, baby creeper and sisters apron, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
A smart note is added to the sports blouse, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
A rainbow frockHow to create a rainbow frock using Dy-o-la Dyes, page of instructions in a brochure. Date: 1920s
Home refurbished by Dy-o-la DyesPage from a brochure, a home entirely refurbished by Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s
A chic little turban made from an old scarfPage of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye an old scarf with Dy-o-la Dyes and turn it into a turban -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Also how to make a dolly bag out of an old scarf. Date: 1920s
Simple designs with many usesPage of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye different designs with Dy-o-la Dyes -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s
Tinting everything to match with Dy-o-la DyesTinting Everything to Match with Dy-o-la Dyes - a housewife dyeing clothes in her bathroom sink from a Brochure: Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1926
Delightful shaded scarfs of lovely tintsPage of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye scarves with Dy-o-la Dyes -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s
How Dy-o-la can bring beauty to your homePage in a brochure introducing the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s
Rag Dy-o-la Dye DollyHow to get a regular size rag Dy-o-la Dye Dolly. A happy little girl holds her doll. Date: circa 1920s
Highbury Home for Friendless Children, Pound DayHighbury Home for Friendless Children, North London. Leaflet advertising a Pound Day where local supporters of the home were requested to make a gift of either one pound in cash
German poster design, woman hanging out washingGerman poster design, a Dutch woman hanging out washing. Date: circa 1910s
WW1 - Announcing a zeppelin raidWW1 - A scene illustrating two ladies seated in the lounge of their wealthy house. A maid at the household walks into the room to announce to the ladies of the arrival of a zeppelin air raid
Walton Road, Molesy, SurreyWalton Road, Molesy, Esher, near Hampton Court, Surrey, England. Showing Waltons Household Stores Date: 1910s
Front cover of The Sphere for Christmas 1915, WW1Front cover of The Sphere for Christmas 1915, with two Christmas trees, a photo of a soldier in the snow, and advertisements for the Willett Light, Ronuk polishes, Shoolbreds blankets and linens
The Squire and his Household - All costumed cast Date: 1922
Advert for Min Cream, polish for furniture 1936Its a matter of moments with Min. Use it on your piano or dining table and see what a beautiful, lustrous sheen it gives to polished wood. Date: 1936
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Household BrigadeQueen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Black and white lantern slide of mounted Household Brigade passing through Whitehall. Slide number 32 of Box 259 Date: 1897
Palawan Bearded Pig - young caught in the wild and kept in an enclosure in a private household in Sabang (Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus). Sabang, Palawan, Philippines. February
Advert for Mansion polish 1937The bright way to lovely floors. Floor retain there loveliness far longer when polished with Masion Polish. A single application will keep a floor looking bright and fresh for days. 1937
Advert for Ewarts Geysers 1923Hot water instantly night and day Ewarts Geysers. 1923
Advert for Hawkins kitchen accessories 1952Home-making begins with Hawkins. Hawkins labour saving kitchen accessory to make light of every chore. From a Tecal, that automatically makes your morning tea or coffee
Service cards in a window in Arundel, WW1Four cards representing the fact that four members of a household in Maltravers Street in Arundel had enlisted 1914. The Earl of Arundel had converted his ancestral castle into recruiting offices
Repeated design featuring knitted clothing, c. 1940sA 1940s repeated pattern featuring knitted garments, needles and wool. c. 1941
1920s sewing machineA stylish lady with bobbed hair uses a sewing machine on a work table, 1927. Date: 1927
Alloa knitting wools by John Patons, 1899Advertisement for Alloa knitting wools by John Paton and Son, dated 1899. Though the company merged with J.P Coates in the 1960s, the Patons trademark continues in use today. Date: 1899
Paris, France - Hotel du Garde du Corps. Date: 1830
Silhouette. King Thrushbeard. The minstrel takes the princess to his hovel where she must carry out menial household chores. German. Date: circa 1909
WW1 cartoon - Family KnittingGreat-Grandmama (ferociously to the family circle). " When I think of all the trouble that that Kaiser has brought into Europe, I could box his ears
Advert for Waring furniture suite in walnut 1930Warings fine furniture suite made from walnut wood. 1930
Belling electric fires advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Belling electric fires, with the revelation that families could do without one servant as a result of the modern device
Food panic at the outbreak of World War OneIllustration depicting the sad fate of a family stricken with war panic which was so prominent during the first week of the war
Film, wireless and gramophone in the home by G. H. DavisTalkies a self-contained cinema, gramophone and radio-set for household use, mechanism of synchrophone. Date: 1931
Mrs C. S. Peel, 1917Dorothy Constance Peel, 1868-1934, aka Mrs CS Peel, prolific journalist and writer of numerous books on household management and domestic history
Advert for Hudsons Extract of Soap 1887Troops of people at home troops of people in the Colonies and abroad, say Hudsons Extract of Soap is the best for all washing and cleaning. 1887
Advert for Ewarts Califont hot water 1926Hot water instantly night or day. Hot water upstairs or downstairs. 1926
Advert for Ewarts Lightning Geyser 1926Hot water instantly night and day. 1926
Keeping a check on fuel consumed by G. H. DavisYour fuel target: keeping a weekly check on the fuel consumed in an average household during the Second World War. Electricity and gas meters will tell you if you are keeping to your proper average
Day in the life of an average household by G. H. DavisYour fuel target: a day in the life of an average household during the Second World War. Detailing economies that need to be practised in order to keep within the limits of fuel consumption laid down
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1939Get up wide awake ! How you feel in the morning depends largely upon how you sleep during the night. Take no chances with your nights rest, sleep on a Vi-Spring
Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 193530 years supremacy in sleeping comfort. The Vi-Spring overlay mattress. Never in its years of unparalleled success has the wonderful Vi-Spring mattress occupied so higgh a position in the favour of
Sketch of woman scrubbing floorSketch of a woman scrubbing the floor. Date: 1922